Judith Weir
Still, Glowing
Composed: 2008
Premiered: 2009, England
Duration: 4 minutes
Still, Glowing for an orchestra of strings, flutes, clarinets, and keyboard percussion is my one and (so far) only attempt at writing “ambient music”. It is based on a chord sequence from my opera The Vanishing Bridegroom, and was written at the invitation of conductor André de Ridder for Sinfonia Viva, an orchestra based in Nottingham, England.
Program note by Judith Weir